The Sorrow and the Pity

The Sorrow and the Pity (1971)

Documentary, History, War4 hours and 10 minutes
75%
User score

Chronicle of a French City under the Occupation

Description

An investigation into the nature, details and reasons for the collaboration between France’s Vichy government and Nazi Germany from 1940 to 1944.

Marcel Ophüls
Director, Writer
André Harris
Writer

Actors

Georges Bidault
Georges Bidault
Self
Matthäus Bleibinger
Matthäus Bleibinger
Self - Wehrmacht Soldier in the Auvergne
Jacques Duclos
Jacques Duclos
Self - former secretary of the clandestine Communist Party
Anthony Eden
Anthony Eden
Self - Winston Churchill's foreign Secretary 1940-1945
Pierre Mendès France
Pierre Mendès France
Self - Former Prime Minister of France
Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie
Emmanuel d'Astier de La Vigerie
Self - Founder of the Liberation Résistance Movement
Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier
Self - Denies Making Tour of Germany (archive footage)
Marcel Ophüls
Marcel Ophüls
Self - Interviewer
André Harris
André Harris
Self - Interviewer
Status

Released

Original language

German

Budget

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Revenue

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Keywords
francenazivichy regimeworld war iinazi collaborationismnazi occupationoccupied france